AMASA
(עֲמָשָׂא):
Hebrew name meaning "burden." In the bible,
this is the name of a son of Abigail.

AMASAI:
Anglicized form of Hebrew Amasay,
meaning "burdensome." In
the bible, this is the name of a warrior and chief of
the captains, a Kohathite ancestor of Samuel,
a priest, and another Kohathite Levite who lived in the
time of the reign of king Hezekiah
of Judah.

AMASAY
(עֲמָשָׂי):
Hebrew name meaning "burdensome." In the
bible, this is the name of a warrior and chief of the
captains, a Kohathite ancestor of Samuel,
a priest, and another Kohathite Levite who lived in the
time of the reign of king Hezekiah
of Judah.

AMEN
(Greek:
Ἀμήν, Hebrew: אָמֵן): Greek
and Hebrew name meaning
"truly, so be it, verily." It was a custom
which passed over from the synagogues into the
Christian assemblies, that when he who had offered
up a prayer to God, the others in attendance
responded Amen, and thus made the substance
of what was uttered their own.

AMENEMHAT:
Egyptian name meaning "Amun is foremost."
This was the name
of several pharaohs including the first ruler of the
Twelfth Dynasty.

AMENHOTEP:
Birth name of Akhenaton,
and the name of
several other Egyptian pharaohs, meaning "peace of Amun."

AMENOPHIS
(Ἀμήνὄφις): Greek name composed of
Amen
("truly, so be it, verily") and ophis
"serpent," but usually rendered "Amen
is satisfied." This was another name for
Pharaoh Akhenaton
of the eighteenth dynasty.

AMHLAIDE:
Irish form of Icelandic Amloði,
possibly meaning "heavy" or "the dullard,"
or Old French
Hamelet, meaning "tiny little
village." But this Irish form of the name may have
a different meaning, perhaps the same as Amhlaibh.

AMMIY'EL
(עַמִּיאֵל): Hebrew name
meaning "one of the family of God." In
the bible, this is the name of several characters,
including a spy from the tribe of Dan
who died in the plague.

AMMIYHUWD
(עַמִּיהוּד):
Hebrew name meaning "one of the people of
Judah." In the bible, this is the name of several
characters, including the father of Shemuel.

AMMIYNADAB
(עַמִּינָדָב):
Hebrew name meaning "kindred of the prince."
In the bible, this is the name of several characters,
including a son of Aram
and a son of Kohath.
Also spelled Amminadav and Aminadav.